Mystique Hicks, center, listens to presentations during a class Wednesday at Ohio University of Lancaster. Hicks is battling dyslexia to get her degree.

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Michelle George
The Eagle-Gazette Staff

Mystique Hicks will be the first to admit it - she's a total and complete "super nerd."

When asked to talk about her favorite subject, math, the Ohio University-Lancaster student's eyes light up and she quickly begins chatting about algebra, calculus and derivatives, things that send many other college students cowering behind their textbooks.

"I like math because there's always an answer. It's not open for interpretation," she said. "Two plus two will always be four." ...